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Kelsey
Klettke
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Event:
Distance |
Hometown:
Vancouver, WA |
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Year:
Senior |
Previous School:
Prairie HS |
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SENIOR:
Granted medical
redshirt after battling hip and leg
injuries.
JUNIOR:
Enjoyed
one of the best seasons in the history of
the Warrior women’s program...Started off
the year by winning the Idaho Cup, which
featured a number of NCAA runners...Went on
to finish in the top eight in every regular
season race, including wins at the Warrior
Invite and the Frontier Conference
meet...Ran a season best 17:23 at the
Warrior Invite...was the team’s top finisher
in every race...Placed 11th in the NAIA
national meet, which is the highest finish
in program history and earned All-American
honors...Earned Daktronics NAIA
Scholar-Athlete honors...Finished third at
Inland Empire meet, fifth at Eric Anderson
Invite, and eighth at Willamette Invite.
SOPHOMORE:
Finished
among the top-three LC runners in all seven
cross country races, leading the team three
times…Led the Warriors and finished 26th
overall at the Charles Bowles Invitational,
recording a time of 18:13 that stands as the
sixth best 5k time in the LC record
book…Finished in the top-10 overall four
times… Finished 53rd overall and No. 1 for
LC at the NAIA National Championships,
crossing the line in 19:40…Holds seven LC
track records…In outdoor track set school
records, at the season’s first race, in the
1500m (4:48.04) and 800m (2:19.57)…Won the
1500m at the Northwest Scoring Clash with a
then school-record time of 4:43.69… Later
qualified for nationals and broke her own
LC-best times in the 1500m (4:42.84), 800m
(2:13.65) and 5000m (18:08.61)…Ran on
outdoor 4x400m relay team that set a school
record (4:18.14).
FRESHMAN:
Placed
sixth overall in her cross country debut at
the Whitman Invitational…Gradually built on
her time despite being hampered by
illness…Competed in the 800m, 1500m and
4x400m relay during the indoor and outdoor
track seasons…Part of the indoor 4x400m
relay team that set a school record
(4:23.32)…Earned fifth-place finish in the
1500m and was fifth in the 800m at the Idaho
Cup…Took third in the 800m at Eastern
Washington.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Qualified
for the state cross country meet three times
and was the district champion in cross
country and track…Broke district cross
country course record and set meet records
at the Capitol Invite (twice) and Hoquiam
Invite…During her first three years, she won
20 of the 35 cross country races she
competed in…State champion in Junior
Olympics for both Oregon and Washington in
2006 in cross country and placed in the top
five on four occasions in USATF Junior
Olympics Track and Field in 2006…Personal
bests of 18:03 in the three-mile in cross
country, 61 seconds in the 400m, 2:18 in the
800m, 4:52 in the 1500m and 10:35 for 3000m
in track and field…All of her track times
would have broken LCSC school records at
these distances.
PERSONAL:
Born March
14,1990 to Suzy and Barry Klettke…One sister
Tori…Hobbies include swimming, road biking,
mountain climbing, rock climbing, kayaking,
snowboarding, going on runs with my dad,
playing in the sun, backpacking, and
watching Glee with teammate Amanda…Majoring
in Secondary Education with Biology
emphasis.
FAVORITE
RACE: Ken Shannon Invite (track)
and Whitman Invite (XC)...NICKNAME:
KK...FAVORITE MOVIE:
Into the Wild...FAVORITE FOOD:
Quinoa... FAVORITE PHRASE:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27...FAVORITE
BOOK: Siddhartha...FAVORITE
TV SHOW: Modern Family...FAVORITE
RESTAURANT: Mississippi Pizza...FAVORITE
MUSICIAN: Neil Young...MEMORABLE
SPORTS MOMENTS: Running a 4:50 at
UW and running against Kara Goucher last
summer... DREAM JOB:
Supermodel or professional triathlete...IN
10 YEARS: Teaching high school
biology, coaching cross country and still
running competitively... WHAT I LIKE
BEST ABOUT LCSC: The wonderful
cross country team...WHAT I LIKE
BEST ABOUT XC/TRACK PROGRAMS:
Everything. The girls, the boys, Coach,
Tracy, camp, the competitiveness and the
list goes on and on.
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